The Transcendental Genius of George Balanchine’s Ballet

The Transcendental Genius of George Balanchine’s Ballet

From Jennifer Homans's Baillie Gifford Prize Shortlisted Mr. B

By Jennifer Homans | October 27, 2023

How W.H. Auden Made Austria His Adopted Home

How W.H. Auden Made Austria His Adopted Home

Michael O'Sullivan Follows the Famed British-American Poet Across Europe

By Michael O’Sullivan | October 19, 2023

WATCH: Ursula K. Le Guin on Writing and Parenting with Her Husband, Charles

WATCH: Ursula K. Le Guin on Writing and Parenting with Her Husband, Charles

“All this is completely contingent upon the fact that we brought up the kids together.”

By Arwen Curry | October 18, 2023

Hilary Mantel Loved Newspapers and Other Insights From Her Longtime Editor

Hilary Mantel Loved Newspapers and Other Insights From Her Longtime Editor

Nicholas Pearson on a Writer At the Peak of Her Powers

By Nicholas Pearson | October 18, 2023

WATCH: Ursula K. Le Guin on Her Writing Process

WATCH: Ursula K. Le Guin on Her Writing Process

“I am not one of those writers that hates writing.”

By Arwen Curry | October 11, 2023

The President and the Psychoanalyst: What Sigmund Freud Saw in Woodrow Wilson

The President and the Psychoanalyst: What Sigmund Freud Saw in Woodrow Wilson

From Patrick Weil's Cundill Prize-Nominated The Madman in the White House

By Patrick Weil | October 9, 2023

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Whose Mary Is It Anyway? Anne Eekhout on Fictionalizing Mary Shelley

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How Alexei Ratmansky Brought A New Kind of Ballet to America

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WATCH: Ursula K. Le Guin on Creating the World of Earthsea

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“Obviously, to me, words do make magic.”

By Arwen Curry | September 27, 2023

“To Be A Writer, You Must Write”: How Joan Didion Became Joan Didion

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Evelyn McDonnell on the Writing Process of One of America's Leading Literary Ladies

By Evelyn McDonnell | September 26, 2023

Hermione Lee on Mavis Gallant,

Hermione Lee on Mavis Gallant, "Unerring Stylist"

"A writer for whom nothing is alien and everything is possible"

By Hermione Lee | September 26, 2023

How Bayard Rustin Inspired Martin Luther King Jr.'s Nonviolent Activism

How Bayard Rustin Inspired Martin Luther King Jr.'s Nonviolent Activism

Jonathan Eig on the Early Civil Rights Movement and the Making of "Alabama's Gandhi"

By Jonathan Eig | September 25, 2023

How America's Natural Beauty Called Generations of Women to Action

How America's Natural Beauty Called Generations of Women to Action

Tiya Miles on the Creative and Political Power of the Great Outdoors

By Tiya Miles | September 21, 2023

WATCH: Ursula K. Le Guin on Writing Fantasy as a Young Girl

WATCH: Ursula K. Le Guin on Writing Fantasy as a Young Girl

“I was free in a way that I think it’s always been rare for a child to be free.”

By Arwen Curry | September 20, 2023

Art Imitates Life: On the Making of Larry McMurtry, The Writer

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Tracy Daugherty on the Chronicler of the American West

By Tracy Daugherty | September 18, 2023

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